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t 7T"THE WASHINGTON TIMES. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1918.NEWSLIBERTY BELL, RINGSJ'illLADELPHIA, Not. 7. TheXJbsrty bell In Independence Hall Isringing- In celebration of the endingof the war.ENEMY EVACUATESALL R01ANIAPARIS. Nov. 7. The Germans arevkcnatlnjr Houmania, said & dispatchfrom Zurich today.It was reported from Jassy thatField Marshal von Mackensen Is directing the military evacuation.AMERICA'S HAND INWAR GAME CALLEDWAR LORD'S BLUFFAmerica's entrance to the greatwar In April, 1817. sounded the doomof German hopes for thfc conquestof the world. The crumbling of thecentral powers was assured In viewof the dramatic efforts put forthby this nation to bring a quick andcomplete victory. Here are some ofthe things America has accomplished In her nineteen months at war:Oar Contributions.Increased her army from 212.034officers and men to approximately3.700.000 officers and men.Increased her navy from 82,738 orfleers and men to approximately!ou,uwi onicers ana men.Landed the flrst contingent of theexpeditionary forces safely at a:BU3Ki'-nPARKER-BRIDGETHand-TailoredReady for ServiceSuits for Men$35No Increase in PriceNo Deterioration of QualitynpHESE suits are of a high standrard that give a service thatis remembered long after the priceis forgotten.The reason is that the orderswere placed at a time when wetrould buy economically. Thevariety of styles, models andmaterials is very great, and thereis a suit for every man? no matterwhat his taste.Other Models From$25 to $60 ,French port SS days after declaringwar.American destroyers arrived at aBritish port to assist in patrol worktwenty-eight days after the wardeclaration.American troops went Into theline for their baptim of fire 187days after wo entered the war.American troops permanently tookover a part of the firing line in January. 1018. or nine months after entering the war.Over 2.000.000 American troops hadarrived In Europe when the warended. Host of these had participated In major fighting.In the field of aircraft productionthis country had produced here 0.074Planes up to mid-October and 21.G72engines. In addition we had acquiredabroad 3,129 planes and engines andproduction was going forward at arapid pace.Our Bridge of Ships.Our shipbuilding record has astonished the world. During the war period 732 ships were launched of which471 of a total of 3,115.000 deadweighttons have, been completed and are Inservice, A total of 1,417 ships320,000 deadweight tons were flyingtne American flag on November 1Eight hundred and ninety-one additional ships of approximately 2.500,000 deadweight tons are undercontrol of the shipping board.Shipyard employes have. Increasedfrom 00.000 before the war to morethan 400,000 men now. The -payrollof these men averages more than I10.500.000 weekly.Spent Billions.To meet the giant efforts of America, Congress during tne war appropriated over $50,000,000,0000, includedIn which were authorizations for J10.-j 000.000,000 in loans to the allies.Of the great appropriations, over123,000,000,000 were set aside for the'building, up and maintenance of thearmy, including all supplies and fortifications. Among the other appropriationswere the following: Shipbuilding,.3.692.000,000; aircraft, $1,584,000,000:navy. $2,882,000,000; railroads $500,000,000; War Finance Corporation,$500,000,000; war insurance, $221,400,COO; interest on tho public debt. J5SS,000,000; Food Administration, including the grain corporation, $1G2,385,000. and for the Fuel Administration, $3.C1S,000.And meantime America has pouredout Its gold to aid its associates Inthe war. A total of S7.73247C,6fi6have been loaned to the allies as follows: Great Britain, $3,745,000,000;France, J2.365.0O0.O00: Italy. 1.0G0.000.000; Belgium. $183,520,000; Cuba,15.000,000; Greece, J15.700.000; Serbia,$12,000,000; Roumanla. $0,CG6.CGG; Liberia, $5,000,000, and Russia has beengiven a credit of $325,000,000, ofwhich only $187,500,000 was paid before her collapse.And to meet these loans and otherwar bills, the American people havecontributed during the period, $22,752.091,800. divided as follows: Liberty loans, $10,850,471,000; war savings, $720,600,000 and revenues fromtaxes, customs, etc, $5,181,975,000.Expenditures for the war totaled toNovember 1. approximately, $2043,471,000. Great cantonments for training troopshave been erected all over the country.Kllr mllnltlnn nlanf. m inY. rvn.! struction. costing scores of millions.Machine guns are being produced nowI at the rate of 20 a day, and a Scinchgun at the rate of 45 a day.Hundreds of new naval vessels of allI types from the biggest battleshipsanoat to iagie Doats are under construction or contracted for.TOUSEFOESHIPSTOSUPPLYYAISPEACE NEWS HERECerman interned ships in neutralports may be used for allied and neutral trade, with Germany's acceptance of the allleor armistice, it wasIndicated here today.Officials admit the ship shortagestill is felt keenly and that there Islittle doubt the German tonnage willbe used to keep America's highwayto General Fershing open and at thesame time to give all possible reliefto peoples In all parts of the worldsuffering from the interruption ofcommerce.Argentina and ,ChIle acted almostsimultaneously -in seizing the Germanvessels in their harbors. Spain. Hoiland, and the few other neutrals whohave the custody of interned vessels,have taken precautions to preventtheir destruction.Latin-American diplomats are of teopinion that the eighty four Germanvessels interned In Chilean ports andthe dozen on the River Platte wouldalmost put the South American tradeon a "before the war" basis.German tonnage sclzqd by the Pernvlan government and turned over tothe United States now is undergoingrepairs on the Pacific Coast- VesselsInterned In Brazil. Cuba and Uruguaywere pressed into Entente- service.A lone vessel Interned in a Columbian port was burned by Its crew.AS SIREN SOUNDSThe Avemxe at NtnihCAR STRIKE ENDEDThe strike of conductors and motormen of the International RailwayCompany, of Buffalo, N". T, has beensettled by an agreement between thocompany and the employes.a hn ,y u: II I He Luxe Salad Oil Ideal shortening j. IB! i The delicate flavorHIM ll! Oil will make it youtIIWhile the huge siren on the roof ofthe Evans' building sounded the dallyprayer of the National Capital for victory, the news was flashed over thewires to The Times that Germany hadsurrendered, and the silent prayer ofthe nation's millions answered.Washington went wild with Joy andexultation hcn The Times extras announcing the capitulation of the German empire and the ending of theKaiser's dream of Mlttleuropa appeared.Whistles Blow.Great whistles roaring the cry "Victory! Victory!" in every vibratng notethrilled the city and excited war workers, and staid business folks crowdedout Into the streets and gathered IntoImmense groups discussing the news.The whistles of the W. H. Dyer Company flrst shrilled out the news toWashington, and those portions of Virginia and Maryland within hearingdistance. This whistle was followedby a legion of others which joined inthe Joyful chorus.Army aeroplanes swept up Into thesky and looped the loop with excited abandon, flashing over the citythe news of victory.The big guns at Fort My, Installed for purpose of defense, boomed outin gnttural voices the Joyous news ofGermany's downfall, and soldiers In,oitve drab and sajiors 'In. navy blueembraced and laughed and whoopedas they realized the Import of thenews.Hello Girl. Give News.Girl telephone operators In the various Government departments, bothcivil and military, when informed ofthe surrender of the Germans,, dropped telephone receivers and shoutedthe news to all within hearing andthen temporarily abandoned theirposts to spread the news.Soon the big boats on the Potomaccaught the contagion which spreadthrough the air like wildfire and thedroning notes of steamboat whistlesadded themselves to the general chaosof sound.CLOSING CHAPTERSOF WAR AS WRITTENSINCE SEPT. 16, 1918September 10 Austria-Hungarydispatched an appeal for a closed,non-binding conference to discussthe possibility of a basis for peace.September 17 President Wilsonreplied that his Ideas on peace werewell known and that such a conference as proposed could not be entertained by this country.October C I'rince Max, as Germanchancellor, sent a note to PresidentWilson, asking that he bring abouta general armistice and peace onthe basis of his announced principles.October 7 Austria-Hungary askedfor an armistice and peace based onthe President's announced principles.Hungary orally that he sent Its pleafor an armistice to the allies.Austria Surrender.tfor. 3. Austria signed surrenderterms of allies.Nov. 4. Versailles conference announced complete unity signedagreement on terms of armistice forliermany.Nov. A. Austria ceased hostilitiesat 3 p. m.Nov. 5. President Wilson notifiedGermany she could get the armisticeterms by applying to Foch.Nov. 0. United States notified Roumanla her Interests would be respected at the peace table.?ov. 0. Germany dlsDatched mis-POLISHREPUBLICIS PROCLAIMED SENAEWBllZURICH. Not. 7. Poland has beenproclaimed a republic by the Polishprime minister. Swlcrclnski, withoutconsulting the regency or the Polishcouncil, said a dispatch from Berlintoday.October 8 President wuson re- .ton to French lin.. ., .,i.ito Prince Max with threo ln-i.frm, frnm .-.,,P DENTFIRTNOTIFIED OF TRUCESalad Oil Ideal Shorteningaf Douglas:choice forsalads. 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W., Washington, D.CFirst news of the signing of thearmistice, which brings an end to thworld war was conveyed to PresidentWilson, both houses of Congress, theState, War and Navy departments andall of the embassies and legationshere by the United Press today.After President Wilson and Secretary Tumulty, Secretary nf War Bake--wasthe first to hear from the UnitesPress of the signing of the armistice.He tpok it calmly.SeaU-d at his desk behind a pile ofwork while many visitors waited tsee him. he was banded the announcernent"Is that so." said Raker, with onla trace of emotion. He made no fui -thercomment.A few moments later more completdetails were taken to him and lismiled, but commented only: "GoodThe general staff at thht time ihearing of It through the cable ce:.tor's officeShortly after Raker learned tlinews Secretary of State Lansing rreived the United Pre cablegranHe too. was reserved, but tin bpireverywhere was one of relief frontension.nlledqulrlcs to test the good faith of thiGerman offer and announced he couldnot make any armistice proposals tothe allies so long as Germany occupied allied territory. wMax Accepts 14 Principle.October 14 Prince Max forwardeda note to President Wilson accepting without reservation his fourteen peace principles, agreed to evac-luate occupied territories, proposed a1commission to arrange details and,declared be spoke for a new gov-jernment approved by the German,people. IOctober 14 President Wilson re-ipiled that there could be no armls-1tlce arrangements so long as Ger-,many continued her U-boat attackson passenger ships and countenancedthe ruthless destruction of territorybeing evacuated. He also called attention to the fact that his peaceterms provided for the destructionthe German autocracy.October 14 Turkey's peace appeal,1based on the President's announcedprinciples, received by Wilson.October 18 P resident Wilsonanswered the latest Austrian appealby saying he could not accept "mereautonomy" grants to the peoples ofthe dual monarchy as peace provisions but that those peoples themselves must decide what the wanted.October 22 Prince Max sent a noteto President Wilson saying Inhumanewelfare had been ordered stopped oniland and sea, ana that constitutional,changes were being made by the newgovernment so that more power!would be In the bands of thepeople, and equal franchise grantedall Germans. -Allies Receive Appeal.October 23 President Wilson answered Prince Max by saying he badcommunicated the German appeal foran armistice and peace to the allied!governments: but added that If Ger-many persisted in retaining her mlll-ltarlsts in power, nothing but but-;render would be acceptable to the.United States Government. IOctober 27 Germany acknowledgedreceipt of the President's last noteand said it was awaiting the armls-1tlce terms. IOctober 29 Colonel House and al-Ued diplomats and .military chiefsgather at Vervallles to formulatearmlstle, terms.October 20 Austria sned PresidentWilson for a separate peace, agreeingto his demands for subject nations.October 30 Austria asked Lansingpersonally to hasten the President Ingaining a separate peace.October 31 Turkey surrendered ' tothe British in the field.October 31 Austria asked Italiansfor armistice In the Held.October 31 President In note toTurkey said he passed on Its armistice plea to the allies.October 31 President asked Swedish authorities to notify Austrla-I terms from Foch.today Germany signed armistice.TAKE 0ATI10F ORFICEPARIS. No. 7 In the cathedral atAgram the new government of Jugoslars took the oath of office, accordingto Vienna advices. Josef Pegaenfic.former vice president of the Austrianlower house. Is the new president. 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